Last time I checked, Mapleshade does not build a brass damper for a 300B tube. Perhaps Brauser was suggesting them for the smaller tubes. The largest available, unless they've come out with something new, is an Anchor C which is for an EL34-sized tube. You can, however, buy a nylon damper for a 300B tube from Herbies (Hal-O dampers). I doubt very much whether any of them will make anywhere near as much of a sonic difference as going to a better tube, which would not be difficult given what you have in there. That is not to say the dampers are not a worthy investment, but that improving the tube will give way more bang for the buck IMO. I love the Western Electric I use in my amps, but you need to sign away your first born child to get a pair. Short of that I'd look at the newest issue of the Svetlana 300B tube (they were having problems with the 300B for a while, but the brand new ones are supposed to be pretty good). TJ's, JJ Tesla, and Valve Art would all offer improvements over Chinese IMHO. I had a pair of Chinese tubes for my amps and they sounded truly awful in comparison to the WE's. I read a recent review (a 300B shootout) ...cannot recall where, that claimed the newer Svet came very close to the WE in terms of putting it all together in a 300B tube. Perhaps someone else could recall where that review was.
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